Thomas went to the vets last Tuesday with an ear infection - cleaned ears out, put on baytril and ear drops and painkiller - Thursday he had not eaten properly so Sally knocked him out to check the teeth and clean his ears out as well - not much on the teeth at all and some abscess in his right ear. Given Rimadyl and still on baytril. I have been giving him his baytril and metacam daily and he still is not eating properly. We have been syringe feeding him and temtping him with carrot tops and dandylions - some he eats and others he fusses over.
Last night he ate a good deal of his greens and some apple - we thought that was great but the problem is, he has hardly passed any poops. He has been getting metoclopramide and Infacol as well and gentle tummy rubs.
With him eating so well last night we expected some poops at least - none
Tried tempting him to eat and he took his time but did eat some dandies in the end - he is drinking fine, well, more than usual.
We know that having ear ache can put him off food but the painkiller should have helped him.
He had an appointment at the vets tonight for 5.15pm - Sally was off but Sarah (another good bunny vet) was on - she gave his tummy a feel but could feel no impaction or anything like that - she told John to leave him with her and she would do an x-ray after surgery finished.
John has just been to pick him up and Sarah had done 6 plates of x-rays - each one shows that part of Thomas's bowel is not there :shock: There is a tiny pocket of gas in his tum - so the Infacol has been working - then the bowel shows up - stops and then shows up a tiny bit at the end. Sarah has seen this before but only in cats and dogs - she phoned Sally and she explained everything - Sally has not seen this is buns before either so has suggested that there is a definite problem
Thomas has had some Vitamin B12, a shot of Buscopan, some Tylan and a morphine based painkiller
He is very alert and does not look ill - but there is something going on. We are hoping that due to his lack of eating (yet he ate quite well last night) that that may be the reason that part of the bowel is not showing up.
We are also hoping that the cocktail of drugs that he has been given will stimulate his appetite and take away any ear pain so that he can eat - if there is no change or he goes downhill we are to repeat the drugs tomorrow evening and then have him x-rayed again on Wednesday to see if there is a change in the bowel showing up. He may also need a scan.
Has anyone ever seen this before? We are out of our minds with worry and when John got back with Thomas and told me what had happened I just burst into tears
There is no impaction, not a lot of gas and he is not weak or anything - just slightly quieter than usual. He's such a good boy and never complains about anything but we do know that he is quieter than normal.
He came back from the vets and had a good drink - John has just shouted up to me that he has eaten some greens Thing is, he can eat but is not producing.
Has anyone ever come across this before or anything similar? If he doesn't improve or start to pass properly then he will need another x-ray, some scans and maybe a small operation to see what is going on.
Sorry the post is so long, am trying to get all the information together that I can.
Last night he ate a good deal of his greens and some apple - we thought that was great but the problem is, he has hardly passed any poops. He has been getting metoclopramide and Infacol as well and gentle tummy rubs.
With him eating so well last night we expected some poops at least - none
Tried tempting him to eat and he took his time but did eat some dandies in the end - he is drinking fine, well, more than usual.We know that having ear ache can put him off food but the painkiller should have helped him.
He had an appointment at the vets tonight for 5.15pm - Sally was off but Sarah (another good bunny vet) was on - she gave his tummy a feel but could feel no impaction or anything like that - she told John to leave him with her and she would do an x-ray after surgery finished.
John has just been to pick him up and Sarah had done 6 plates of x-rays - each one shows that part of Thomas's bowel is not there :shock:
There is a tiny pocket of gas in his tum - so the Infacol has been working - then the bowel shows up - stops and then shows up a tiny bit at the end. Sarah has seen this before but only in cats and dogs - she phoned Sally and she explained everything - Sally has not seen this is buns before either so has suggested that there is a definite problem Thomas has had some Vitamin B12, a shot of Buscopan, some Tylan and a morphine based painkiller
He is very alert and does not look ill - but there is something going on. We are hoping that due to his lack of eating (yet he ate quite well last night) that that may be the reason that part of the bowel is not showing up.
We are also hoping that the cocktail of drugs that he has been given will stimulate his appetite and take away any ear pain so that he can eat - if there is no change or he goes downhill we are to repeat the drugs tomorrow evening and then have him x-rayed again on Wednesday to see if there is a change in the bowel showing up. He may also need a scan.
Has anyone ever seen this before? We are out of our minds with worry and when John got back with Thomas and told me what had happened I just burst into tears
There is no impaction, not a lot of gas and he is not weak or anything - just slightly quieter than usual. He's such a good boy and never complains about anything but we do know that he is quieter than normal.
He came back from the vets and had a good drink - John has just shouted up to me that he has eaten some greens
Thing is, he can eat but is not producing.Has anyone ever come across this before or anything similar? If he doesn't improve or start to pass properly then he will need another x-ray, some scans and maybe a small operation to see what is going on.
Sorry the post is so long, am trying to get all the information together that I can.
